Populari has had a large number of appearances in media, including in Der Standard, Radio Free Europe, DW, The National, The Guardian, FAZ, The Economist, REUTERS as well as in many local radio/TV stations and newspapers. Many live TV shows hosted and conducted interviews with us. Here you can find some of them.

Chronic unemployment is one thing all Western Balkan countries share in common. According to all relevant parameters, Bosnia and Herzegovina leads the pack. Despite being recognized as one of the most persistent issues undermining progress and development, solution to chronic unemployment is nowhere in sight.

The report offers a somewhat different perspective on where BiH stands almost 20 years since the reforms in security sector started, having thousands of international experts taking part in it and millions of Euros being invested.

This paper is an attempt to draw attention to practical ideas while putting aside ideological limitations in the Western Balkans for the purpose of improving security and prosperity of the entire region. It proposes a useful and powerful tool forward that both Western Balkan leaders and the EU can use.

Prepared within the TRAIN 2014 project implemented by DGAP, this policy brief examines the triangular relationships among the civil society organisations, the citizens and the government as key actors in achieving participatory, inclusive and responsible democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In this paper, through a story of (non) implementation of the animal protection and welfare policy in the Sarajevo Canton, we illustrated the imperfections of governance in BiH – not only in Sarajevo, but also in Mostar, Zenica, Travnik and all other towns and systems that are in the state of collapse.

This report is a study of the relations between the two countries, Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), their specific political relations rooted in deep historical, cultural and religious ties, political flirtation, and economic trends that (un)follow this seemingly idyllic exchange.

Bilateral relations between Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina have in recent years been marked by frequent exchange of formal visits and are thus mostly seen as friendly, even brotherly or outstanding. Think tank Populari's report “A Political Romance: Relations between Turkey and BiH” questions the image of this bond and looks at its concrete results.

Youth unemployment is an issue that is very high on the agenda worldwide. Even though it is not specific to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), it appears that young people in this country are faring the worst with 58% of youth unemployed. The predominant view holds that their predicament is exclusively due to the bad economic environment and lack of opportunities, but overlooks the factor of youth’s behaviour and attitude when entering the job market.

This is a story about the chemical industry in BiH that reveals the core problem behind decision making in BiH. It is delivered based on little or no information, often without the context and unfortunately with severe consequences for the industrial branches and entrepreneurs.

The underlying purpose of this paper is to elaborate the role of the media in BiH in informing the public about the country’s relations with the EU, and the manner in which this is done. More importantly, Populari aimed to answer the question whether the media can be the key factor that could get the “EU snowball” rolling and break the deadlock that BiH is currently in. It has been proven numerous times that media in BiH can create euphoria. One would expect the same élan to be created for one of the very few goals that unite most of Bosnian citizens: the EU.

Have you ever wondered what the national football team of BiH and the ruling alliance of six political party leaders in Bosnia have in common? With substantial backing from the media, both have the power to steer the change, for better or for worse.

She is second year student at the Law Faculty of the University of Sarajevo. Since 2010, Aldijana has been activist at the Youth Initiative for Human Rights and member of the Youth Council of Municipality Stari Grad.

In 2011, she successfully finished the three-week course of Summer School of Civic Liberties and Activism.

Aldijana participated as moderator at the panel discussion at Youth Summit Prishtina 2012 on the topic "Legacy of the Past - where are we now?". She worked as Assistant on the project "Building the capacities of smaller and divided communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina", supported by the Netherlands Embassy in BiH and implemented by Youth Initative for Human Rights.

Beside many other acitivities, she activelly participated at the "Pravo ljudski" Film Festival and, the youth programme 'Zoom Rights'.

The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) is Germany’s network for foreign policy. As an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit membership organization, think tank, and publisher the DGAP has been promoting public debate on foreign policy in Germany for over 50 years.

The Balkan Trust for Democracy (BTD) is a 10-year, $36-million grantmaking initiative that supports democracy, good governance, and Euroatlantic integration in Southeastern Europe. This award-winning public-private partnership was created in 2003 by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Open Society represents the society based on understanding that nobody have not monopoly on the truth; different people have different views and different interests, and there is a need for institutions that allow them to live together in peace.

Think tank Populari is an independent, non-partisan and non-for-profit policy institute, which heavily relies on financial support from foundations, embassies, other organizations and ordinary members of the public. It is recognized both in the country and outside of BiH as a reliable source of analysis within its scope of interest based on evidence and in-depth research.

Challenging the old oligarchic system, the Populares addressed problems of the urban plebs, such as limiting slavery, expanding citizenship rights, land redistribution and relieving poverty. Populari is a think tank in Bosnia.

The British Embassy in Sarajevo is the official representation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The British Embassy is developing and maintaining relations between the two countries on a wide range of political, commercial, security and economic issues of interest to both countries. The British Embassy is working in Bosnia and Herzegovina to help reform areas including the rule of law, justice, anti-corruption and defence, to meet conditions for EU and NATO membership.

The aim of the four-month long research into what we called "understanding European Union (EU) money in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)" was to learn about the challenges different governmental levels in BiH face in their understanding of financial opportunities offered by the EU.

Where do we stand with the Road Map for the export, a strategic document for BiH, how good is debate on Croatian accession to the EU, how much it all costs? Answers to these questions we have you can get in our research on the economy of animal welfare.

This policy paper examines the situation in BiH’s poultry sector, with a view to identifying the problems within the animal welfare sector and proposing solutions for the time BiH is able to export to be ready with animal welfare and not be caught off guard, as well as to encourage public debate about animal welfare and its implications for the economy, health and food safety.

Think Tank POPULARI undertook a study of Bosnia’s veterinary sector through a rather unique lens: animal welfare at slaughter. With the EU’s animal welfare requirements as a backdrop, Think Tank POPULARI examined Bosnian legislature as well as how well law and practice are matched on the ground. The product is a policy brief aimed at both the private sector and at Bosnia’s civil servants, with recommendations how to better align both practice and legislature with that of the EU.

According to BiH Statistics Agency every one of us produces around 1 kg of waste every day and this includes only the waste we produce in our households, the so-called communal or municipal waste. Annually, this amounts to 365 kg of waste per person. If we multiply this figure with 75.5, the average life expectancy in BiH, we see that every inhabitant of this country produces 27,557.5 kg of waste during his or her lifetime. This is the weight of four fairly large African elephants.

This document addresses the basic principles of chapter 12 of the acquis communautaire - Food Safety. It serves as a contribution to understanding the complexities of the process BiH will face in its future path towards the EU. It contains a number of practical and useful examples for anyone in the public sector working within this process.

This document addresses the basic principles of chapter 27 of the acquis communautaire - Environment. It serves as a contribution to understanding the complexities of the process Bosnia will face in its future path towards the EU. It contains a number of practical and useful examples for anyone in the public sector working within this process.

The project examines Croatia's experience during the EU accession process with the purpose of channelling current EU-related debates in BiH into addressing practical and concrete issues linked with BiH's European future.

Bosnian “White Gold”, the Export of Cheese to European Market The Cheese

Even in the works of the ancient Roman writers, the area of present day Bosnia and Herzegovina was mentioned in the context of production and processing of milk, in which cheese was one of the main products. However, if judging by the current strategic documents on all government levels in BiH, this tradition, alongside any potential benefits it might have in today's economy, seems to be forgotten.

Supported by Open Society Institute, last year Populari developed the “Parliamentary SEARCHLIGHT”, a database of BiH State-level legal acts and legislative processes of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Official symbols often play an important role in the formation of identity. As this can frequently have meaningful political significance, Populari decided to gather and analyze the coat of arms of each Bosnian municipality. This country-wide perspective provided us with the opportunity to visually analyze the messages these symbols transmit, and determine if any trends emerged.

After the 2010 general elections, both Belgium and Bosnia and Herzegovina continue to operate without governments. The countries are also similar in that both are federal states, both are composed of three regions, and both are made up of three communities. However, the lack of a government seems to affect BiH much more severely than it does Belgium due to a number of significant structural differences.

This paper presents an overview of the different opinions that have been active in blocking the closure of the OHR. Additionally, it argues that Bosnia's politicians do not genuinely want the OHR to hand over its ownership of the processes in the country, and are in fact creating crises to prevent this from happening. Finally, the paper examines the EU's role in these processes and the implications of the EU27's inability to reach consensus on Bosnia.

"What needs to be pointed out here is the significance of meeting the obligations arising from the SAA. Efficient implementation of these commitments and the continuation of reforms are required in order to make progress towards the next stages in the European integration process, particularly aiming towards candidate country status". - Osman Topčagic, BiH Directorate of European Integration.

"The factory will have a capacity of 6 tons of herbs per day, but this scale of a project can only succeed if it becomes a regional centre. Unfortunately, there are a lot of issues that have not been thought through, such as how to enter the market and develop a brand!" - Dragan Brenjo, Technology Engineer in Food Safety Agency of BiH.

One of Bosnia's main challenges in acceding to the EU will be to develop its service and SME economy. The development of a single market in services has been a central element of the EU's internal market policy, and a vibrant service sector is seen as crucial to the proper functioning of the knowledge based economy.

With the introduction of the passive voters' registration system in 2006, there are approximately 15% more names on BiH's list of voters. This increase includes first-time voters who have turned 18 since the last polls. To determine how responsive political parties are to new potential supporters, we called 15 Bosnian political party offices asking for information under the profile of a first-time voter.

This paper describes the background of events related to the dual citizenship issue in Bosnia and Herzegovina, discusses its effects, both domestically and internationally, and underlines its importance.

This report calls for a rethinking of Bosnian public policy. Currently, Bosnia has not adequately learned from its past successes and failures, nor has it put structures in place to fully benefit from European assistance. Through a case study on the transport sector, we discuss the value of European Union initiatives in BiH, the level of control Bosnia has over these processes, and the relevance of these policies to Bosnia's path to Europe.

The core strategy of this project is to give continuity to the territorial partnerships built by one part of the the Italian system of decentralized cooperation with the aim to support the Western Balkans countries’ integration into European Union.

By signing the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union in 2008, Bosnia and Herzegovina began the process of EU accession. The translation of EU legislation into the local language is the first step toward EU accession. However, just as BiH has always been a multi-ethnic society, it is also a multi-lingual country delaying the EU accession process.

Following the appointment of the three State Ombudsman in December 2008, a team of Populari analysts have researched what this reform has led to. Considering the importance of human rights protection mechanisms in Bosnia, we believe that a reform of this scale serves as a good example for analyzing the overall picture of how reforms are implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This pilot project was supported by the British Embassy in BiH and implemented by EPIC and Populari. Main goal of the project is to explore whether this kind of business mobile support, named "Business Bus", could improve the approach of small businesses to small business support resources.

Demonstrate the Viability of a Mobile Business Support Service in BosniaThe Business Bus

The Business Bus was a three-month pilot project designed to explore whether a mobile team of business professionals could be a feasible means of providing business support to small firms throughout BiH.

This ten-part documentary series is one of the most ambitious TV projects on South Eastern Europe produced in recent years. It gives people who have contributed to the region’s progress since the mid-1990s the opportunity to comment on their present situation: artists, lawyers, journalists, activists, mayors and football players tell their version of the story. With powerful images, these ten 52-minute episodes provide a new perspective on the present and possible future of the region.

Hop on and let's take a ride across the south-east of Europe. What is so fascinating about this colourful entity called the "Balkans"? History is told on old Roman and Ottoman roads, in young urban centres like Tirana, in the mountaineous countryside of Montenegro. With stories written by life - and based on the results of sound scientific research by the European Stability Initiative (ESI).

Doboj, along the front lines of the war and now split into four parts, was once a hotbed of ethnic tension. However, twelve years after the war ended, it has become an example of multiethnic harmony. Nonetheless, development of the region has been limited by economic malaise. Still, there is hope yet for a future of prosperity for Doboj, and Bosnia as a whole, with the establishment of a regionally integrated energy industry.

How the International Protectorate Hurts the European Future of Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Worst in Class

Bosnia and Herzegovina has been heavily criticized for the poor performance of its security sector. In this report, we argue that BiH actually has an impressive record in this regard, and that the major problems concerning security sector reform stem from the international community's double standards and the inflexible position of the OHR.